CABOCOL-01 trial: a single-arm phase II study assessing safety and efficacy of Cabozantinib for advanced or metastatic cervical carcinoma after platinum treatment failure

Elodie Coquan, Pierre-Emmanuel Brachet, Idlir Licaj, Alexandra Leconte, Marie Castera, Justine Lequesne, Emeline Meriaux, Isabelle Bonnet, Anais Lelaidier, Bénédicte Clarisse, Florence Joly, Elodie Coquan, Pierre-Emmanuel Brachet, Idlir Licaj, Alexandra Leconte, Marie Castera, Justine Lequesne, Emeline Meriaux, Isabelle Bonnet, Anais Lelaidier, Bénédicte Clarisse, Florence Joly

Abstract

Background: Cervical cancer is the tenth diagnosed cancer in the world. Early-stage and locally recurrent disease may be cured with radical surgery or chemo-radiotherapy. However, if disease persists or recurs, options are limited and the prognosis is poor. In addition to chemotherapy, bevacizumab, an antiangiogenic agent, has recently demonstrated its efficacy in this setting. Cabozantinib is an oral small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor that exhibits potent inhibitory activity against several receptor tyrosine kinases that are known to influence tumor growth, metastasis, and angiogenesis. The main targets of Cabozantinib are VEGFR2, MET and AXL. It is currently approved for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma and medullary thyroid carcinoma. Given its angiogenic properties associated with growth factor receptors inhibition, Cabozantinib represents a potential active treatment in cervical carcinoma. In this context, we propose to assess the efficacy and safety of cabozantinib monotherapy in advanced/metastatic cervical carcinoma (CC) after failure to platinum-based regimen treatment.

Methods: This study is a single-arm two-stage multicenter phase II aiming to simultaneously assess efficacy and safety of Cabozantinib among advanced/metastatic cervical carcinoma (CC) after failure to platinum-based regimen treatment. The main criterion will be based on both safety and clinical efficacy by conducting a Bryant-and-Day design. Safety endpoint is the proportion of patients with clinical gastro-intestinal (GI) perforation/fistula, GI-vaginal fistula and genito-urinary (GU) fistula events grade ≥ 2 (NCI CTCAE V.5.0) occurring up to one month after the end of treatment. Efficacy endpoint is the proportion of patients with disease control rate 3 months after Cabozantinib initiation. A patients' self-reported quality of life evaluation is also planned, as well as the investigation of nutritional outcomes. Cabozantinib will be administered at the daily dose of 60 mg given orally, without interruption until disease progression or discontinuation for any cause.

Discussion: Cabozantinib is a promising drug for patients with advanced/metastatic cervical cancer where few therapeutics options are available after failure to platinum-based regimen metastatic CC. It appears challenging to assess the interest of Cabozantinib in this indication, taking into account the potential toxicity of the drug.

Trial registration: NCT04205799 , registered "2019 12 19".

Protocol version: Version 3.1 dated from 2020 08 31.

Keywords: Anti angiogenic treatment; Cabozantinib; Metastatic cervical carcinoma; Quality of life.

Conflict of interest statement

Not applicable.

© 2021. The Author(s).

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CABOCOL-01 study schedule

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